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Antigua and My Life Before
• Marcela Serrano
• Margaret Sayers Peden
• LITERATURE
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Set in Santiago, Chile, and the Guatemalan city of Antigua, this is the story of two women --- one a famous singer, the other an artist/architect -- and a tragic shooting that sparks off memories of their friendship.
(CRB121, $14.00)
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Argentina, 1516-1987: From Spanish Colonization to Alfonsin
• David Rock
• HISTORY
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A highly readable, comprehensive history of Argentina since colonization.
(ARG07, $29.95)
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Ariel
• Carlos Fuentes
• José Enrique Rodó
• HISTORY
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The classic turn of the century essay on culture, aesthetics and democracy in Latin America and the world..
(ARG16, $18.95)
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At Home in Buenos Aires
• Edward Shaw
• Reto Guntli
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• OUT OF PRINT
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A handsome, illustrated overview of history, architecture and design in Buenos Aires.
(ARG33, $50.00)
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Blow-Up and Other Stories
• Julio Cortazar
• LITERATURE
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Surreal stories from one of the great masters of Latin American short fiction. More Argentine in sensibility than setting.
(ARG20, $15.00)
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Bradt Guide Chile
• Tim Burford
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide from the popular Bradt series.
(CHI59, $24.95)
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Buenos Aires Map
• Auto Mapa
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A detailed city map.
(ARG05, $14.95)
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Buenos Aires Map
• Borch Maps
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A laminated street map of Buenos Aires and surroundings at a scale of 1:15,000.
(ARG38, $8.95)
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Buenos Aires, Cities of the Imagination
• Alberto Manguel
• Jason Wilson
• ANTHOLOGY
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Wilson evokes the magic of the city as seen through its writers, artists and musicians in this exhilarating and erudite guide.
(ARG21, $15.00)
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The Camel's Nose, Memoirs of a Curious Scientist
• Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• OUT OF PRINT
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The wonderfully readable, lively account of a physiologist's adventures, combining personal anecdotes, travel, and commentary with good science. It includes sections on the Sahara and Atacama.
(SCI57, $26.00)
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Cape Horn
• Felix Riesenberg
• William A. Briesemeister
• EXPLORATION
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Captain Riesenberg writes from his own experience as a mariner, weaving a lively tale of exploration and discovery in this masterful history of the Horn, first published in 1939.
(PAT10, $39.95)
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The Captain's Verses, The Love Poems
• Pablo Neruda
• Donald D. Walsh
• LITERATURE
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A bilingual edition of Neruda's subtle and sweet love poems, published in 2004 to coincide with his centennial.
(CHI60, $12.95)
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Chile Map
• Auto Mapa
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A road and travel map of Chile, including bordering regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru at a scale 1:2,250,000.
(CHI05, $14.95)
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Circle of Love Over Death, Testimonies of the Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo
• Matilde Mellibovsky
• HISTORY
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Startling testimonies of mothers who lost their children to torture, death or "disappearance" during Argentina's "Dirty War."
(ARG29, $14.95)
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Conquistadors
• Michael Wood
• HISTORY
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A lively, illustrated account of the Spanish conquest of the New World by the intrepid writer-filmmaker Michael Wood,
(SAM48, $24.95)
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Culture Smart! Argentina
• Robert Hamwee
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(ARG63, $13.35)
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Curfew
• Jose Donoso
• LITERATURE
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Set in bellavista just after the death of Pablo Neruda's widow, this novel evokes the atmosphere of Santiago under Pinochet.
(CHI21, $14.00)
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A Desert Calling, Life in a Forbidding Landscape
• Michael Mares
• Stephen Jay Gould
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A lively memoir and account of field research -- and the search for desert mammals -- in remote Argentina, Iran and Egypt.
(DES09, $29.95)
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The Discoverers
• Daniel Boorstin
• EXPLORATION
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This wide-ranging and readable account of exploration by Daniel Boorstin includes a chapter on some of the great sea voyages, including Magellan's voyage to Tierra del Fuego and Cook's extraordinary journey into the Southern Ocean.
(EXP01, $18.95)
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Evolution, The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory
• Edward Larson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A clearheaded, engrossing brief history of ideas about evolution from the 18th century to the present by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
(NAT64, $14.95)
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The Explorers of South America
• Edward Goodman
• EXPLORATION
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A narrative history of exploration from Christopher Columbus to the 19th century, with journal excerpts, diaries and other writings of the explorers themselves.
(SAM10, $26.95)
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Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism
• Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
• HISTORY
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A classic 19th Century essay on the reigning dictator, his rise to power, and the corresponding currents of barbarism in Argentine history and culture.
(ARG18, $16.00)
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The Far Side of the World
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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O'Brian takes readers on an adventure around Cape Horn in this enthralling Aubrey and Maturin tale, featuring evocative descriptions of the wildlife of Patagonia and Galapagos and a vivid portrait of Nelson's British Navy.
(SAM01, $14.95)
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Footprint Argentina Handbook
• Christabelle Dilks
• GUIDEBOOK
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This compact guide is nicely divided between a general overview of Argentina and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do.
(ARG35, $25.95)
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Footprint Chile Handbook
• Charlie Nurse
• GUIDEBOOK
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A general overview of Chile and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. Essential for the independent traveler, this book is built for the road with sturdy covers and a sewn binding.
(CHI31, $25.95)
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The Gaucho Martin Fierro
• Jose Hernandez
• Alberto Carlos
• Frank G. Carrino
• LITERATURE
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The classic 19th century epic poem about a savage way of life in the pampas of Argentina.
(ARG17, $12.95)
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Gauchos and the Vanishing Frontier
• Richard Slatta
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A thorough, lively study of the gaucho, including the history and culture of Argentina and Brazil's famous cowboys.
(ARG06, $27.00)
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Glacier Ice
• Austin Post
• Edward R. LaChapelle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle's text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland, the Himalayas and other parts of the world.
(SCI07, $27.95)
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Heading South, Looking North
• Ariel Dorfman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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In this exhilerating memoir, Dorman interweaves the wild story of his life before 1973 with an account of the coup that put the militrary dictator Pinochet into power.
(CHI22, $15.00)
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The Invention of Argentina
• Nicolas Shumway
• HISTORY
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An illuminating intellectual history of Argentina, this book brings the founding fathers of the republic to life, deftly portraying the revolution against Spain in 1810 and its immediate aftermath.
(ARG08, $27.95)
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Manuel Puig
• LITERATURE
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The psychological story of a friendship between two Argentinean prisoners jailed for their subversive activity: Molina, a transgendered homosexual and Valentin, a socialist revolutionary.
(ARG28, $15.00)
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Labyrinths, Selected Stories and Other Writings
• Jorge Borges
• LITERATURE
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The best known work by this extraordinary writer. Sometimes bizarre, always hilarious and thought-provoking, this dazzling collection of stories is well worth the effort.
(ARG09, $14.95)
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The Last Time Around Cape Horn, The Historic 1949 Voyage of the Windjammer Pamir
• William F. Stark
• Peter Stark
• HISTORY
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The unstinting memoir of the then 22-year-old rookie aboard the famous windjammer Pamir.
(PAT69, $13.00)
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Latin American Art
• John F. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A popular survey for undergraduate art students, this general history of the arts in Latin America ranges from pre-history to the present. Includes illustrations, maps and a chronology.
(SAM33, $29.95)
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A Lexicon of Terror, Argentina and the Legacies of Torture
• Marguerite Feitlowitz
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A scholarly, emotional account of Argentina's "Dirty War, " the product of extensive interviews with victims, survivors and citizens.
(ARG27, $19.95)
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Lonely Planet Argentina
• Lonely Planet
• Danny Palmerlee
• GUIDEBOOK
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In its hallmark style, this practical guide to Argentina by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accomodations and sightseeing.
(ARG11, $25.99)
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Lonely Planet Buenos Aires
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent practical guide to Buenos Aires with a pullout map and detailed practical information on neighborhoods, shopping, eating, sleeping and day trips out of the city.
(ARG10, $18.99)
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Lonely Planet Chile
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical guide includes a chapter on Easter Island in addition to a comprehensive overview of Chile, its history and culture.
(CHI04, $24.99)
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Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in South America.
(SAM44, $33.99)
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Los Glaciares National Park
• Zagier & Urruty Maps
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A colorful map of the popular areas of Parque Nacional Los Glaciares at a scale of 1:230,000, providing an overview of the area and highlighting points of interest.
(PAT58, $14.95)
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Magical Sites, Women Travelers in 19th Century Latin America
• Marjorie Agosin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A lively treasury of accounts written by women --from French nuns to upper-crust Europeans --who traveled across Latin America in the 19th century .
(SAM29, $17.00)
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Mammals of the Neotropics: The Southern Cone, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
• John F. Eisenberg
• Kent H. Redford
• REFERENCE
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Organized taxonomically, this thorough volume of species accounts includes external measurements, physical descriptions, geographical distribution, and information on their habitats.
(SAM14, $65.00)
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Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World
• Peter Weir
• LITERATURE
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Russell Crowe stars in this adaptation of two Patrick O'Brian novels, a swashbuckling adventure set off the coast of Cape Horn in 1805.
(GPS66, $14.98)
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Memoirs
• Pablo Neruda
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The autobiography of the great poet, traveler and observer of events.
(CHI24, $17.00)
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The Moon by Whalelight and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodiles, and Whales
• Diane Ackerman
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Delightful essays combining anecdote, observation and natural history, featuring a long chapter on Roger Payne and his work on the right whales of Peninsula Valdes.
(PAT03, $14.95)
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Moon Handbook Argentina
• Wayne Bernhardson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide in the Moon series.
(ARG43, $19.95)
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My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
• David Hays
• Daniel Hays
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A father and son sail 17,000 miles to Cape Horn in a small homemade boat.
(OCE50, $13.99)
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The Naturalist In La Plata
• W.H. Hudson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A loving, leisurely natural history of Hudson's adopted homeland.
(ARG24, $8.95)
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Northern Argentina and Uruguay Map
• Nelles
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A detailed map of northern Argentina (including Uruguay) with good topographic relief.
(ARG36, $10.95)
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The Old Patagonian Express
• Paul Theroux
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Combining history, anecdote and acutely observed detail on people and place, Theroux begins his journey on a Boston subway car and works his way south via rail, plane and truck to the Patagonian railroad in this enthralling narrative.
(PAT08, $15.95)
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Pablo Neruda, Absence and Presence
• Luis Poirot
• Alastair Reid
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A tribute to Neruda featuring photographs by Luis Poirot, anecdotes by friends and colleagues and a selection of his poetry.
(CHI15, $25.00)
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Pablo Neruda, Selected Poems
• Nathaniel Tarn
• LITERATURE
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A comprehensive anthology of Neruda's poetry edited by Nathaniel Tarn. Each poem is presented in both English and the original Spanish.
(CHI19, $17.00)
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Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego Map
• Auto Mapa
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Beautifully detailed, this bestselling physical relief map shows Tierra del Fuego at a scale of 1:1,000,000 scale with an overview of southern South America, the Valdes Peninsula and national parks along with street plans for Ushuaia, Río Gallegos, Puerto Madryn, Bariloche, Trelew and Comodoro Rivadavia.
(PAT07, $14.95)
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Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego Map
• ITMB
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A convenient map of Patagonia -- from the 40th parallel to the southern tip of South America -- at a scale of 1:2,000,000. On the reverse is a detailed map of Tierra del Fuego at a scale of 1:750,000.
(PAT19, $12.95)
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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent
• Alexander von Humboldt
• EXPLORATION
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This is the book that Darwin took on his voyage around the world -- a classic account of naturalist and explorer Humboldt's 18th-century discoveries in South America.
(SAM08, $17.00)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Spanish, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(SPN257, $19.95)
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Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates
• Paul Dallman
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Richly illustrated, clearly written and engaging, this book is an ecological overview of the landscapes, plants and vegetation types found in Mediterranean climates.
(MED21, $35.95)
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Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
• Jacobo Timerman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An Argentine newspaperman's classic account of his imprisonment and torture at the hands of the military junta.
(ARG19, $17.95)
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Residence on Earth
• Pablo Neruda
• Donald D. Walsh
• Jim Harrison
• LITERATURE
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A classic anthology in a bilingual edition, re-published in 2004 to coincide with the centennial of the great poet's birth.
(CHI61, $14.95)
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Santa Evita
• Tomas Eloy Martinez
• Helen Lane
• LITERATURE
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This riveting tale of the life -- and afterlife -- of Eva Duarte springs from actual events in Argentina in the 1950s, including the peregrinations of a perfectly preserved corpse.
(ARG22, $16.00)
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Santiago Map
• ITMB
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A travel map of Santiago, shown at a scale of 1:12,500.
(CHI34, $8.95)
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The Secret Holy War of Santiago de Chile
• Marco Antonio de la Perra
• Charles Thomas
• LITERATURE
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God and Satan do battle in the deserted streets of Santiago in this wild, philosophical chase-scene of a novel, which conjures the terror and ambiguous moral ground of the Pinochet years.
(CHI36, $12.95)
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The Settlement of the Americas, A New Prehistory
• Thomas D. Dillehy
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A well received, engaging survey of new theories on the peopling of the Americas; controversial yet convincing, Dillehy focuses his arguments around his findings at Monte Verde in Chile.
(NAM52, $29.95)
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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
• Matthew Restall
• HISTORY
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In this provocative book, Restall tackles Columbus, Cortes, Pizarro and the misconceptions surrounding them. The conquisadores most certainly did not conquer the Americas with a handful of men, nor were they received as gods.
(SAM52, $19.99)
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Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
• Mark Carwardine
• FIELD GUIDE
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In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species.
(FG02, $20.00)
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South America, The Andes Map
• Nelles
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A double-sided map covering the full range of the Andes and Pacific coast of South America.
(SAM47, $10.95)
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South American Explorer Chilean Fjords Map
• Ocean Explorer Maps
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A handsome map of southern South America (1:4,800,000) with a detailed map of the Chilean Fjords (1:2,200,000).
(SAM41, $11.95)
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Southern Argentina Map
• Nelles
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This double-sided map covers Argentina from Buenos Aires south, including Tierra del Fuego, Paraguay and Uruguay, at 1:2,500,000.
(ARG37, $10.95)
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Southern Night Sky
• Pocket Naturalist
• FIELD GUIDE
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A glow in the dark laminated card showing the most conspicuous stars, constellations and celestial objects of the Southern Hemisphere.
(SCI30, $5.95)
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Southern South America Map
• ITMB
•
A handsome physical map showing the southern half of South America. At a scale of 1:2,800,000.
(SAM04, $9.95)
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Spanish, Start Speaking Today! (Cassette Tapes)
• Educational Services Corporation
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook.
(SPN140, $24.95)
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Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account.
(NAM20, $17.00)
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Tango: the Dance, the Song, the Story
• Simon Collier
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A spirited, illustrated tribute to the tango, the now-elegant dance born in the brothels among the working class of 19th-century Buenos Aires.
(ARG14, $29.95)
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Traveling with Che Guevara, The Making of a Revolutionary
• Alberto Granado
• Lucia Alvarez de Toledo
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Granado's classic account of his travels with Che Guevara via motorbike through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela.
(SAM68, $14.95)
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Traveling with Che Guevara, The Making of a Revolutionary
• Alberto Granado
• Lucia Alvarez de Toledo
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Granado's classic account of his travels with Che Guevara via motorbike through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela.
(SAM68, $14.95)
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Traveling with Che Guevara, The Making of a Revolutionary
• Alberto Granado
• Lucia Alvarez de Toledo
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Granado's classic account of his travels with Che Guevara via motorbike through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela.
(SAM68, $14.95)
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The Tree of Red Stars
• Tessa Bridal
• LITERATURE
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A beautifully written first novel, this is the story of coming of age in Montevideo during the 1970s. Wonderfully told, the novel deftly combines the personal and political.
(SAM09, $13.95)
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Trekking in the Patagonian Andes
• Carolyn McCarthy
• GUIDEBOOK
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With trail maps and route descriptions of walks and treks throughout Patagonia, including Torres del Paine and Glacier National Park.
(PAT12, $24.99)
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Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry, A Bilingual Anthology
• Stephen Tapscott
• LITERATURE
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This scholarly anthology of 400 poems, presented in the original language (Spanish or Portuguese) and English. Selections include poems from Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges.
(SAM28, $29.95)
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Two Years Before the Mast
• Richard H. Dana
• EXPLORATION
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The visceral, gripping account of life at sea during an 1838 voyage from Boston to California that took seaman Richard H. Dana around Cape Horn.
(PAT06, $15.00)
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UL: Four Mapuche Poets, An Anthology
• John Bierhorst
• Cecilia Vicuna
• LITERATURE
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This anthology of work from four contemporary Chilean poets provides valuable insight into the Mapuche culture and literary world.
(CHI26, $16.00)
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The University of Chicago Dictionary, Spanish-English/English-Spanish
• Carlos Castillo
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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The well-regarded concise dictionary of words and phrases for today's language. Fifth Edition.
(SPN118, $11.00)
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Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth
• Maurice Krafft
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This illustrated pocket encyclopedia in the Discoveries series, featuring hundreds of full color paintings, traces the study of volcanoes from early myth and legend to modern science. By the great French volcanologist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1992).
(GEO06, $15.95)
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Voyage of the Beagle
• Charles Darwin
• EXPLORATION
• FAVORITE
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The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, it's still a marvelous introduction to the wildlife, nature and allure of South America.
(GPS02, $12.95)
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Voyaging, Southward from the Strait of Magellan
• Rockwell Kent
• EXPLORATION
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An illustrated account of Rockwell's foolhardy voyage with a madman through magnificent Tierra del Fuego in a jury-rigged lifeboat. Both the text and striking woodcut illustrations communicate this dangerous landscape's dynamic character.
(CHI29, $19.95)
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What Am I Doing Here?
• Bruce Chatwin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A delightful collection of essays by one of our favorite travel writers, capturing the allure of the land and its wildlife and history. Includes a great chapter on his visit to Chiloe Island.
(PAT02, $17.00)
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Where to Watch Birds in South America
• Nigel Wheatley
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A compact practical guide to birdwatching sites throughout South America, including checklists.
(SAM40, $29.95)
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Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It
• Robert Borofsky
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami.
(SAM67, $22.95)
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